Announcing Fall 2024 Classes
Enrollment for Fall 2024 classes begins March 12 on HomeSchoolCampus.org. Please reach out with any questions. I hope to have your students join me next year! Here is a list of all the classes I will be offering in September 2024: Vocabulary, Spelling, Grammar Vocabulary, Spelling, Grammar (grades 3-4) Thursday 12:30 pm Vocabulary, Spelling, […]
Why Take History with Miss Holly?
Why Take History with Miss Holly? My social studies and history classes aren’t just about learning fascinating stories from history through engaging books. They are also focused on literacy, and learning the important skill of reading nonfiction text for information—the skill of reading to learn. No Boring, Traditional Textbooks Have you ever noticed how traditional […]
Middle School Literature Students Learn About 9/11
Middle School English Literature Students’ Final Projects My literature and composition class for middle school recently finished Just a Drop of Water, which is a great historical fiction novel about 9/11. We discussed the novel, read and analyzed George Bush’s 9/11 Address to the Nation, listened to and analyzed songs from the era, and wrote […]
Announcing Fall 2023 Classes
Fall 2023 classes will post on HomeSchoolCampus.org on April 17. Enrollment begins April 24, 2023. Please reach out with any questions. I hope to have your students back with me again next year! Here is a list of all the classes I will be offering: Vocabulary, Spelling, Grammar Vocabulary, Spelling, Grammar grades 3-4 Mondays, 11 am […]
Student Presentations Are Great Learning Tools
Students Learn About Different Cultures, Including Their Own In my Dive into Social Studies Class for grades 2-3, we spent about eight weeks learning all about cultural similarities and differences. We read about and discussed traditions, holidays, foods, clothing, homes, games, and more. We wrapped up the unit with student presentations, one of my favorite […]
Exploring American History Through Literature Class Brings History to Life
History Does Not Have To Be Boring Does your student find history a bit dry and boring? Do YOU find it a bit dry and boring to teach? When I was in school, I hated history. History textbooks seemed to be a lot of wars, dates, and names of long dead people. Memorizing facts […]
